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Atlas of Genetic Diagnosis and Counseling by Harold Chen MD, FAAP, FACMG (auth.) is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Atlas of Genetic Diagnosis and Counseling about?

Many birth defects, although rare individually, are encountered in clinical practice and have now become treatable if properly diagnosed. In the Atlas of Genetic Diagnosis and Counseling, Harold Chen, MD, shares his almost 40 years of clinical genetics practice in a comprehensive pictorial atlas of 203 genetic disorders, malformations, and malformation syndromes. The author provides a detailed outline for each disorder, describing its genetics, basic defects, clinical features, diagnostic tests, and counseling issues, including recurrence risk, prenatal diagnosis, and management. Numerous color photographs of prenatal ultrasounds, imagings, cytogenetics, and postmortem findings illustrate the clinical features of patients at different ages, patients with varying degrees of severity, and the optimal diagnostic strategies. The disorders cited are supplemented by case histories and diagnostic confirmation by cytogenetics, biochemical, and molecular techniques, when available. Also available in a CD-ROM edition (ISBN: 1-58829-974-5). Authoritative and up-to-date, the Atlas of Genetic Diagnosis and Counseling will help all physicians to understand and recognize genetic diseases and malf

Who reads Atlas of Genetic Diagnosis and Counseling?

It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.

Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Harold Chen MD, FAAP, FACMG (auth.)
Publisher
Humana Press
Published
2006
Language
EN
ISBN
9781588296818
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
Medical, Health & Fitness, Nursing

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